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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Afterward".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Alida, what is unusual about the ghost at Ned and Mary's new house?
(a) It can take different forms depending on who is living in the house.
(b) It can come and go--it is not "bound" to the house itself.
(c) It can assume a physical form.
(d) No one knows they have seen it until quite a while after they actually see it.

2. Who is the author of "Afterward"?
(a) Shirley Jackson.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) O. Henry.
(d) Henry James.

3. In section "II," what question does Mary repeatedly ask Ned that evening in the library?
(a) She asks whether he is having an affair.
(b) She asks whether he has given up trying to see the ghost.
(c) She asks him what secret he is keeping from her.
(d) She asks whether it was a good idea to move into this particular house.

4. In section "V," who comes to visit Mary?
(a) Alida.
(b) Parvis.
(c) Bob Elwell's widow.
(d) Hugo.

5. To what do Mary and Ned attribute the great beauty they see in England?
(a) Its history.
(b) Their own hatred for the American Midwest.
(c) New places always seem attractive at first.
(d) Its small size.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary suddenly remember finding one day in October?

2. When does Mary first realize that Ned is missing?

3. Why does the narrator say that Ned and Mary are "two romantic Americans" (83)?

4. When Ned speeds off to talk with the mysterious visitor on that day in October, why does it take Mary so long to follow?

5. What is Ned's joking theory about why the ghost is so hard to see?

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